A cohort study of haemoglobin and zinc protoporphyrin levels in term Zambian infants: Effects of iron stores at birth, complementary food and placental malaria

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1379-1387

  van Rheenen, P F ^a   de Moor, L T T ^b   Eschbach, S ^b   Brabin, B J ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PREDICTION; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; ZAMBIA;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; ODDS RATIO; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RISK FACTORS; WEANING; ZAMBIA;

EID: 57449097345     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602862     Document Type: Article

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